Non-refillable bottle.



W. H. MANNON.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE l, 1912 1,083,116. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

31A/vamo@ WILLIAM H. 1VIANNON, OF OURAY, COLORADO.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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Specification o1" Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3U, 1913.

Application led .T une 1, 1912. Serial No. 700,986.

Toall whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM H. MANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ouray, in the county of Guray and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable fottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bott-les of the non-refillable type, the object of the invention being to provide a stopper for bottles, whichA stopper is of such construction that taken in connection with check valves arranged therein, it s impossible to refill the bottle, after the same has been emptied of its contents, any attempt to refill the bottle being defeated by the check valve arrangement, the check valves being inaccessible, except upon the complete destruction of the bottle and stopper.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle, showing the improved stopper of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one section of the stopper, looking toward the channeled face thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other section of the bottle stop- The bottle stopper of this invention is primarily formed in two sections 1 and 2. and in the preferred embodiment of the invention the stopper, when complete, is substantially square in cross section, as indicated in F ig. 1. Vhile this square forni of stopper is especially useful in connection with very small bottles, the stopper may, of course, be made round in cross section, in the ordinary manner, when designed for use with bottles having larger necks. Such square stopper is shown mounted in the neck Y 3 of a bottle t in Fig. 1. The two sections of the stopper are divided on the angular line 5, thus providing each section of the stopper with a vertical meeting face 6, and an inclined or oblique meeting face 7 In each of the meeting faces of the stopper sections, there is formed a channel,

comprising an outer straight portion 8, and an inner straight portion 9. These straight portions 8 and 9 are formed partly in the vertical face 6 and partly in the inclined face 7 of the stopper, and in the inclined face 7 said channels are expanded to form enlarged cavities 1() and 11 which, when the two sections of the stopper are nally brought together, constitute enlarged cavities, in which spherical check valves 12 and 13 are mounted. lNithin these enlarged cavities, I also provide oppositely arranged stop lugs 14 which serve to limit the movement of the balls 12, so as to permit the liquid to pass by the same in finding its exit from the bottle.

In the vertical face 6 of the stopper section, the channel is extended transversely at several points, as shown at 16, 17 and 18, and also vertically, as shown at 19, and near the junction of the portions 18 and 19 of the channel there is formed a safety chamber 2O adapted to receive any excess of liquid, after the bottle has been restored to its upright position. This prevents any overflow of liquid when the bottle is setting upright, and after a certain portion of the contents thereof has been poured therefrom.

The sections are further provided in their meeting faces with dowel holes 21 adapted to. receive dowel pins, so as to properly position the two sections of the stopper with respect to each other, preparatory to cementing the sections together. The sections are further provided in their outer faces with key-ways 22 extending from the extreme upper edge of the stopper downward and having their lower ends enlarged, as shown at 23. The interior of the bottle neck is also provided with similar and complemental key-ways 22, so that after the stopper is inserted in the neck of the bottle and cement ed therein, additional cement may be poured into the key-ways 22, thereby serving to permanently and reliably anchor the stopper in the neck of the bottle.

It will be understood that the two sections of the stopper are cemented together along their meeting faces, after the check valves have been inserted therein and the outer surface of the stopper as a whole is coated with cement preparatory to inserting the same into the neck of the bottle.

A cork or other form of stopper 2a may be inserted in the outer end of the serpentine canal to prevent spilling the contents of the bottle, when accidentally upset.

It will further be understood that when the two sections of the stopper are in final complemental relation to each other, a tor'- tuous, sinuous or serpentine canal is formed, leading from the inner to the outer end ot the stopper, and that by reason of the inboth of the valves in suoli position as tol render it possible to reiill the bottle.

Vhat is claimed is:

l. In combination with a bottle, a stopper closing the neck oil said bottle, said stopper having opposing walls, saidV stopper formed adjacent said opposing walls with narrow channels opening out of said stopper in opposite directions, said stopper being formed with a zigzag intermediate elongated` chan,- nel communicating with the inner ends of said first-named channel, means for holding said stopper against displacement from said bottle, the lowermost of said first-named channels being formed with a gradually en-. larged. part at its point of junction with said intermediate channel, a ball seated in said last-named channel at its' pointl of juncture.

with its enlargedy part, said intermediate channel being formedY with` a gradually enlarged part at its inner end sloping in a direction opposite to thatv of said iirst-named enlarged part, a, second ball and a plurality of lugs arranged to seat said bally in the end' of said second-named enlarged part, said Gopies of this patent may be obtained forv five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents second-named ball arranged to close communi'cation between the narrow ends of both enlarged parts of said channels.

2. In combination with a bottle, a stopper composed of two sections, said sections composed of rectangular abutting ,partsY and complementary beveled abutting parts, means for holding said stopper against displacement from said bottle, said adjoined sections being formed with a continuous channel, said channel consisting of threeY branches, two of said branches extending at opposite sides and opening out of said stopper at opposite ends and the thirdV seat substantially in line withy said otherV seat', and aA ball. mounted upon said lugs.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature m presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MANNON.

Witnesses EDWARD4 E. WHEELER, WALTER F. WHEELER.

Washington, D. C. 

